Ọnụọgụgụ 8
1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Gwa Erọn okwu sị ya, ‘Mgbe ọbụla ị mụnyere oriọna asaa nke iheọkụ, ị ga-edozi ha ka ìhè ha na-enwupụta naanị nʼihu iheọkụ ahụ.’”
“Tell Aaron, ‘When you place the seven lamps on the lampstand, make sure they shine towards the front.’”
3 Erọn mere otu a. O doziri oriọna ndị ahụ ka ha chee ihu nʼihe ịdọba oriọna, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.
So that's what Aaron did. He placed the lamps facing towards the front of the lampstand, as the Lord had ordered Moses.
4 Otu a ka esi mee ihe ịdọba oriọna ahụ. Ọ bụ naanị ọlaedo ka e ji kpụọ iheọkụ ahụ, site nʼụkwụ ya ruo nʼokooko niile e ji chọọ ya mma. A kpụrụ iheọkụ ahụ nʼusoro dịka oyiyi Onyenwe anyị gosiri Mosis si dị.
The lampstand was made of hammered gold from its base to the flower decorations on the top, in accordance with the design that the Lord had shown Moses.
5 Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị,
The Lord told Moses,
6 “Ugbu a, site nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel, kpọpụta ụmụ Livayị, doo ha iche, mee ha ka ha dịrị ọcha.
“Separate the Levites from the other Israelites and purify them.
7 Ime ka ha dị ọcha, lee ihe ị ga-eme. Fesa ha mmiri na-asachapụ mmehie. Hụkwa na ha kpụchapụrụ ajị niile dị ha nʼahụ, ma sachaa uwe ha. Si otu a mee ka ha bụrụ ndị dị ọcha.
This is how you will purify them. Sprinkle on them the water of purification. They are to shave off all the hair from their bodies and wash their clothes so they will be clean.
8 Gwa ha ka ha weta nwa oke ehi na onyinye mkpụrụ ọka, bụ ụtụ ọka a gwara mmanụ. Ha ga-ewetakwa nwa oke ehi ọzọ; ka ọ bụrụ ihe ha ji achụ aja mmehie.
Have them bring a young bull with its grain offering of the best flour mixed with olive oil, and you are to bring a second young bull as a sin offering.
9 Emesịa, kpọbata ụmụ Livayị nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ nzute ahụ. Meekwa ka ọgbakọ ndị Izrel niile zukọọ nʼebe ahụ.
Take the Levites and have them stand in front of the Tent of Meeting and have all the Israelites gather there.
10 Kpọpụta ndị Livayị nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma mee ka ndị Izrel niile bikwasị ha aka ha.
When you bring the Levites to the Lord the Israelites are to place their hands upon them.
11 Mgbe ahụ, Erọn ga-ewere ndị Livayị chee Onyenwe anyị nʼihu dịka onyinye mfufe ndị Izrel niile na-enye ya. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ụmụ Livayị niile ga-abụ ndị jikere ijere Onyenwe anyị ozi.
Aaron shall present the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they can do the Lord's work.
12 “Emesịa, ndị Livayị ga-abịa bikwasị aka ha nʼisi oke ehi abụọ ndị ahụ jiri otu nʼime oke ehi abụọ ndị ahụ chụọ aja mmehie nye Onyenwe anyị, jiri nke ọzọ chụọ aja nsure ọkụ, maka ikpuchi mmehie ndị Livayị.
The Levites are to place their hands on the heads of the bulls. One is to be sacrificed as a sin offering to the Lord, and the other as a burnt offering to set the Levites right with the Lord.
13 Mgbe ahụ, mee ka ndị Livayị guzo nʼihu Erọn na ụmụ ndị ikom, werekwa ha nyefee Onyenwe anyị nʼaka dịka a ga-asị na ha bụ onyinye mfufe a na-enye Onyenwe anyị.
Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and present them to the Lord as a wave offering.
14 Otu a ka ị ga-esi doo ndị Livayị nsọ ime ka ha dịrị iche site nʼigwe ụmụ Izrel ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụ m nwe ndị Livayị.
This is how you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to me.
15 “Mgbe i dosiri ndị Livayị nsọ, cheekwa ha nʼihu Onyenwe anyị dịka aja mfufe, ha ga-abịa nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ ije ozi dịrị ha.
They can come and serve at the Tent of Meeting once you've purified them and presented them as a wave offering.
16 Ha bụ nke m site nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel niile. Anarala m ha ka ha bụrụ nke m nʼọnọdụ ụmụ niile e bụ ụzọ mụọ, nwa nwoke nke nwanyị ọbụla nʼIzrel.
The Levites have been completely given over to me by the Israelites. I have accepted them as mine in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.
17 Nʼihi na nwa nwoke mbụ ọbụla a mụrụ nʼetiti ndị Izrel bụ nke m, ma mmadụ ma anụmanụ niile. Edoro m ha nsọ nye onwe m, site nʼabalị ụbọchị ahụ m tigbusiri ụmụ niile e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼIjipt.
Every firstborn male in Israel belongs to me, both human and animal. I reserved them for myself at the time when I killed all the firstborn in Egypt.
18 Ewerela m ndị Livayị nʼọnọdụ ụmụ nwoke mbụ niile a mụrụ nʼIzrel.
I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites.
19 Site nʼetiti ndị Izrel niile, ewerela m ndị Livayị nye Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom dịka onyinye, ka ha rụọ ọrụ niile dị nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ nʼọnọdụ ụmụ Izrel. Ka ha kpuchiere ha mmehie ha niile ka ihe otiti nke nrịa nrịa ghara ịbịakwasị ụmụ Izrel, mgbe ọbụla ha bịara nso ebe nsọ ahụ.”
Of all the Israelites, the Levites are a gift from me to Aaron and his sons to serve the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting, and on their behalf to set them right, so that nothing bad will happen to them when they come to the sanctuary.”
20 Ya mere, Mosis na Erọn na nzukọ niile nke ụmụ Izrel chere ụmụ Livayị nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, nʼusoro dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.
Moses, Aaron, and all the Israelites did everything that the Lord had ordered Moses that they should do regarding the Levites.
21 Ndị Livayị niile doro onwe ha ọcha, sachakwaa uwe ha niile. Erọn chere ha nʼihu Onyenwe anyị dịka onyinye aja mfufe, chụọrọ ha aja ikpuchi mmehie, ime ka ha dị ọcha.
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering to the Lord. Aaron also presented the sacrifice to make them right with the Lord so they would be clean.
22 Nʼikpeazụ, ndị Livayị bịara ije ozi ha nʼụlọ nzute nʼokpuru Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom. Ha nyekwara ndị Livayị ọrụ dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.
Afterwards the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting under the direction of Aaron and his sons. They followed all the instructions regarding the Levites that the Lord had given to Moses.
23 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,
The Lord told Moses,
24 “Iwu m ndị a metụtara ndị Livayị niile. Nwoke onye Livayị ọbụla ga-ebido ịrụ ọrụ nʼụlọ nzute m mgbe ọ gbara iri afọ abụọ na ise.
“This rule applies to the Levites. Those twenty-five or older shall serve at the Tent of Meeting.
25 Ọ ga-akwụsịkwa ịrụ ọrụ nʼime ya mgbe ọ gbara iri afọ ise, mgbe oge ezumike ọrụ ya ga-amalite.
However, once they reach the age of fifty they need to retire from the work and won't serve any longer.
26 Ha nwere ike inyere ụmụnne ha aka nʼịrụ ọrụ ha nʼime ụlọ nzute, ma ha onwe ha agaghị arụ ọrụ ahụ. Otu a ka ị ga-esi dozie ọrụ ije ozi nke ndị Livayị.”
They can still help their fellow Levites in their assignments, but they are not to do the actual work themselves. These are the arrangements in the case of the Levites.”
